Tag: precast foundations
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Lift me up: the braced foundation
The braced foundation is a partially precast foundation that lift the wind turbine some additional meters above the ground. Developed and patented by Esteyco (a Spanish engineering firm) is a technical solution validated, certified and used in several wind farms worldwide. This solution increase the hub height up to 5 meters, which usually results in…
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Wind Turbines Precast Foundations
I’ve recently discovered the existence of precast foundation for wind turbines. Strangely enough, this solution isn’t having a big success, at least as far as I know. By the way, there are several clear advantages: first of all, an important time saving. According to the developer brochure, only 2 days are needed to complete the…